KNYSNA NEWS - A positive take on epilepsy. A book launch will be held on 27 July in Plettenberg Bay and for anyone who suffers from epilepsy or knows of someone who does, this is an important event.
Author Nonhlanla Lucky Gugushe will be talking at her book launch and for anyone who has dealt with epilepsy, this will be an encouraging event to attend.
Her book Now I Know is about her journey and her son Ramaano, who was a normal person after birth but missed the milestones in childhood because of epilepsy, and "how the hand of God rescued me through healing, deliverance and restoration", she says.
It takes place from 11am to 1pm at the Simunye Hall, Kwanokuthula, Plettenberg Bay.
Tickets are R250 for adults and R75 for children. Email lucky.gugushe@gmail.com to book.
The ancestors of Plett
Plett Tourism will be hosting Rodney Grosskopff, who will talk about François Renier Duminy, French mariner, navigator, cartographer, farmer, South African pioneer - and the ancestor of the Duminy family in South Africa.
For historians, this event is not to be missed.
Duminy was born in France. He first went to sea at the age of nine with the French East India Company, and spent his life sailing the seas and developing his outstanding skills as a navigator and cartographer. Later he worked for the Dutch East India Company.
Rodney will tell us of the time Duminy spent at the Cape - during which he travelled extensively and mapped the coastline.
He had a deep involvement in the earliest days of Plettenberg Bay and was instrumental in encouraging the very first visit by Baron Joachim van Plettenberg to the area in 1778.
Baron Van Plettenberg hoped our Bay would become a timber export port and approved the construction of the Timber Shed by Johan Jacob Jerling - which still stands across the road from The Old Rectory.
Indeed the Old Rectory is believed to have originally housed employees of the Dutch East India Company who supervised the storing of timber in the Timber Shed.
The first load of timber left the Bay on board Duminy’s ship, De Meermin, in August 1788.
These are all names familiar to Plettenberg Bay.
Peter Duminy, a direct descendant, was treasurer and an active member of The Van Plettenberg Historical Society committee for many years. His sister and her husband still live in the area.
The Jerling family also still live in Plettenberg Bay, and are involved in the Keep Plett Clean project and maintenance of the Timber Shed.
The Old Rectory is the perfect venue for this event as it includes sampling delicious snacks from Chef Ashleigh’s very popular “Harvest Table".
It takes place on 26 July from 5.30pm until 8.30pm. The venue is The Old Rectory, Meeding Street, Plettenberg Bay.
Buy tickets for R300 a person including refreshments at Barneys Kiosk or phone 082 452 1799.
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